New boats: Innovative platform for daysailing: Eryd 32

In a nutshell: Eryd is the name of the young Italian brand that wants to establish itself on the daysailer market. Behind the name is the yacht designer and industrial designer Emanuele Rossi, who has already realised successful projects with the Eryd 30 and Eryd Open models and has also caused a stir with his extravagant designs. With the new Eryd 32 project, Rossi now wants to summarise the advantages of the two previous models and transfer them to a completely new design. The Italian has also realised a whole host of rather unusual ideas for his latest project.

The Eryd 32 is designed purely as a daysailer. There are no plans to extend it below deck to make it suitable for touring. However, a special feature is offered as an option: Foils. The L-shaped hydrofoils are aligned towards the centre of the boat and can be extended downwards. The advantage: the profiles do not exceed the maximum width of the ship laterally, which means that the boat can be driven into the harbour box without hesitation despite the foils. Of course, the 1.9 tonne daysailer will not really be able to "take off" and "fly" with the comparatively small foils. Rather, the foils should produce additional righting moment downwind and also ensure less lateral drift. If the Eryd 32 is fitted with foils at the customer's request, the ballast bomb on the T-keel will be somewhat lighter.

The pretty Italian will be equipped with a carbon fibre rig without a backstay and a retractable bowsprit for the gennaker or code zero from the shipyard. The buyer can also decide whether to equip the boat with a self-tacking jib or a short but high genoa with 110 per cent overlap. The sunbed on the foredeck is also optional.

The variance in the cockpit design is also exciting. The benches are not permanently installed, but can be customised in flexible modules to suit the intended use and the number of passengers. When not in use, the seats can be left ashore or simply stowed below deck.

The first Eryd 32 has been built and is already sailing. We have summarised the first photos from the test on Lake Garda in the following picture gallery. The price for the standard boat (without foils) is 131,000 euros including 19 per cent VAT.